Combination bracket



Aug. 23, 1949.

L. P. JEFFREYS COMBINATION BRACKET Filed Dec. 9, 1946 LUTHER F2 Jaw-pays INVENTOR. I BY @1 14% ,4 rroFK/EK Patented Aug. 23, 1949 TED 'S E'IJJQlV'I":ES PATENT OFFICE @QMBINATIONz'BRAGKET "=Imther1. Ele'ffreys, Fort Worth, Tex. I-Application Becember 9, 1946,:Serial No. 715,1135 2 Claims. (crate-251i This invention relates to hanging devices for window shades, curtains, drapes, and thelike, and it has particular reference to a-combinat'ion bracket capable .of supporting awi-n'dow shade and one or more curtain or .drape rods, as set forth in'a co-pending application filed by Luther P. L'Iel'freys on September 7,, 1946, and bearing Serial 'No. 695,377, and itsprinc'ipal object resides in the provision of a new article of manufacture in which is embodied a design by which a combination bracket can be formed from a single strip of metal, such as aluminum, or other suitable material, in rightand left-hand units.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a compact and economical bracket unit fabricated with integral projections engageable by conventional types of curtain rods and arranged to accommodate a pair of such rods having identical dimensions and thereby obviate the necessity for providing different length rods ordinarily utilized in pairs and which require manufacturers and merchants to make and stock two sizes of rods in order to supply users of the conventional types of brackets.

The invention, therefore, broadly contemplates the provision of a simple integral arrangement capable of being shaped by stamping and forming processes with a minimum of operations.

While the foregoing objects are paramount, other and lesser objects will become manifest as the description proceeds, taken in connection with the appended drawings wherein:

Figure 1 illustrates the invention in perspective shown attached to a window header and having a shade roller and a pair of rods attached, the header, shade roller and rods being shown fragmentarily.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section, taken on lines 33 of Figure 4, illustrating the preferred form of the rod supporting members.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the invention.

Figure 5 is an end elevational View of a modified form of the invention, showing a push-on type of rod supporting elements.

Figure 6 is a lateral cross-sectional illustration of the modified form of the invention, taken on lines 6-6 of Figure 7.

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view of the modification shown in Figures 5 and 6, and illustrates the rod supporting members in elevation.

Figure 8 is a vertical cross-sectional illustration, taken on lines 8-8 of Figure 9, of another modification of the invention, and

(2 .iFigure 9 is a plan view .0: the modification shown in Figure .8.

The invention accordingly comprisesaunitary structure or stamping .formed in rightand lefthand brackets vircmstri-ps of metal and defining portions ,5 i} from which ..integral shade ..-r.o1ler supports ll and [I2 extend-rigidly atri-ghtangles. The .s'hade roller support 12! has a conventionally formed notch l3 therein adapted to receive the tensioned shaft of a shade roller [4. The opposite roller support l2 has an aperture therein for the spindle it? of the roller id, as apparent in Figures 1 and 2.

The units are formed by a plurality of folds in the material by which the shade roller supports H and I2, as well as the curtain rod supports I! and it, are formed. The oppositely arranged brackets each have a pair of rod brackets l1 and I8 spaced from the supports II and I2 and from each other, in the manner shown in Figures 1 and 4, and the members I! are longer than the members 18. This arrangement provides for the attachment of rods [9 of the same dimensions and insures their proper spacing, as shown in Figure 1.

Each of the rod support elements I! and [8 are i formed with notches a in their upper edges 7), the rear sides 0 of these notches a being inclined upwardly and rearwardly, as especially apparent in Figures 1 and 3. Thus is defined a stud 20 at the top and front of each of the members I! and I5 receivable in slots 2| formed in the upper sides of the ends 22 of the rods l9, as shown in 1Figure l. The rods l9 are of the conventional ype.

The ends 22 of the rods I9 are secured to the studs 20 of the members H by the slots 2! in the upper portions thereof and the lower sides of the rods l9 bear against shoulders 12 defined on the supporting member I! by the depending portions c. It is desirable that the distance between the shoulders d and the outer ends of the members I! be approximately that of the full length of the shorter elements !8 so that the body portions 23 of the rods l9 are properly spaced since the end portions 22 of both rods are of the same length.

The rods 89 are amxed to the shorter supports l8 in the same manner but the lower sides of the rods bear against a shoulder ,1 required by a depending portion 24 which appears in Figure 3. Both sets of supports l! and I8 have their lower forward edges g curved to expedite the attachment of the rods I9.

The modified structures, illustrated in Figures 5 to 9, inclusive, are formed in the same manner as the preferred structure, shown in Figures 1 to 4, but their rod supporting elements 25 and 26 have straight upper and lower edges so that the rods [9 can be applied by simply pushing their ends 22 over the elements 25 and 26 for a frictional association therewith. These members may be formed with embossing 21 to provide frictional contacts with the rods l9 and more securely retain the same in position on their mountings.

It is also desirable to form the brackets with perforated mounting tabs 28 on each side of the support arrangements by which the invention can be attached to the header 29 and forms a part of the base It].

The invention is unique in its manner of construction, being formed in a plurality of closely pressed folds by a stamping process, and it is obvious that certain changes in design may be resorted to from time to time without departing from the spirit and intent of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

I 1. In a combination rightand left-hand bracket for window shades and curtains, an integral unit formed from a single strip of metal and forming a mounting base having a shade roller support extending at right angles there- 25 Number .4 from, a pair of spaced curtain rod supports formed in folds of said strip arranged parallel to and spaced from said roller support in said base, one of said rod supports having the greater length whereby a pair of curtain rods of identical dimensions can be supported on said bracket and properly spaced horizontally.

2. In a new article of manufacture, a combination rightand left-hand window shade and curtain rod bracket formed integral from a single strip of metal, said bracket being formed in folds defining an attaching base having a shade roller support and a plurality of curtain rod supports arranged at right angles to said base and in spaced relationship, the said curtain rod brackets having difierent lengths whereby to horizontally space a pair of rods of identical dimensions.

LUTHER P. JEFFREYS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Bormann Aug. 23, 1932 Cardillo June 20, 1939 

